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Beautician convicted of blackmailing โ€˜cash machineโ€™ ex-lover for HK$2.6 million

A Hong Kong court has convicted a beautician of exposing her former boyfriendโ€™s identity by uploading the coupleโ€™s photos online as part of a blackmail plot, threatening the married man she was having an affair with to pay her HK$2.6 million (US$331,830) after the relationship ended. Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei on Monday found Li Yanlin guilty of doxxing offences related to four videos she uploaded to YouTube between May 2022 and March 2023. The clips contained images and the victimโ€™s...